STAR AND PYRAMIDis a scenario and campaign book for the popular Check Your 6 Jet Age Air
Combat and Campaign Rules. The book provides comprehensive
coverage of the air wars between Israel and Egypt
between 1966 and 1973 under one cover with five
campaigns and 27 scenarios. The
scenarios can be played individually, linked to form campaigns,
or combined as one grand campaign.

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The first campaign covers the Israeli surprise attack on
Egypt and the first two days of air battles in the 1967
Six-Day War while the second covers Egyptian attempts
to strike back over the final four days of the war.

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The third campaign covers desperate Egyptian attempts to
regain the initiative in the War of Attrition between
1969-1972 by employing new aircraft, surface-to-air missiles,
and direct involvement from the Soviet Union.

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The final two campaigns cover the aerial struggle between Israel
and Egypt during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The
fourth campaign spotlights the desperate struggle of the
Israeli Air Force against the massive air defense systems of
Egypt. The fifth campaign covers the second half of the
war, when Israel renewed deep strike operations and faced a
surviving and fighting Egyptian Air Force.

The book also features some of the world’s top
jet aces including Michael “Diamond” Haber,
Dan Sever, Giora Rom, Avraham Salmon,
Israel Baharav, Yiftach Spector, Asher Snir, Eitan Peled, Amir
Nachumi, Eitan Ben-Eliyahu and
Shlomo Levi.The book also presents the
little known exploits of Egyptian pilots such as Mustafa
Hafez, Nabil Shuwakri, Ahmad Atif,
Qadri al-Hamid, and Nasr Mousa.

HISTORICAL RESEARCH:
The book includes several introduction sections containing
campaign historical background, an annotated bibliography for
further reading, a color scheme guide, and a campaign map.

AIRCRAFT STATISTICS and CAMPAIGN INFORMATION:The
book contains aircraft statistics for more than 20
US, British, Israeli and Soviet-built aircraft inCheck Your 6 Jet Age
format
for use in the scenarios. The book also contains detailed notes
and rare pictures of the various aircraft featured in the
campaign.

Jet AgeSPECIAL
EVENT CAMPAIGN SYSTEM: This book
includes an innovativeCheck Your 6Jet Age
campaign system that features the possibility of special
campaign events in each scenario. By winning battles, players
earn Campaign Events, similar to action cards, which are
played during the scenarios. This campaign mechanic allows
players to make real-time decisions that shape the battles while
adding extra dimension to the scenarios.